Trump Responds to Russia Indictment: 'Where Is the DNC Server? Why Didn't Obama Do Something?'

By Tyler Durden  /  ZeroHedge

President Trump issued his first public comment about the indictment of 12 Russian military officers “for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election” by blaming former President Obama and the “deep state” and asking, as many others have, where the DNC server, the so-called “Exhibit A” in the case against the Russian hackers, is currently.

On Saturday morning, Trump tweeted from Scotland that “The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration” and asked “why didn’t they do something about it, especially when it was reported that President Obama was informed by the FBI in September, before the Election?” As one of his last acts as president, late in December 2016 and over a month after Trump had won the election, Obama issued sanctions against Russia for the meddling. He also expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the U.S. and ordered two Russian compounds to be closed.

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration. Why didn’t they do something about it, especially when it was reported that President Obama was informed by the FBI in September, before the Election?

3:08 AM – Jul 14, 2018

On Friday afternoon, the DOJ announced the indictment of 12 Russian intel officials who are charged with hacking Democratic National Committee officials and dispersing the stolen documents online. However, as explicitly stated in the indictment, there was “no indication that any American was a knowing participant in this activity, and no indication that these efforts altered the vote count in any way”, something Trump has repeatedly noted.

Trump then went on to question “where is the DNC Server, and why didn’t the FBI take possession of it?” He suggested that the server could have been kept hidden by the “Deep State.”

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

….Where is the DNC Server, and why didn’t the FBI take possession of it? Deep State?

2:57 AM – Jul 14, 2018

Trump has suggested in the past a conspiracy around the computer servers at the DNC that Russians hacked during the election. The FBI had not directly assessed the hacked server during the agency investigation, instead relying on information from a private security firm, with deep Ukrainian ties.

Separately, as part of his Saturday tweetstorm, Trump again attacked “the Fake News CNN” saying that he checked it “first time in a long time (they are dying in the ratings), to see if they covered my takedown yesterday of Jim Acosta (actually a nice guy). They didn’t! But they did say I already lost in my meeting with Putin. Fake News….”

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

So funny! I just checked out Fake News CNN, for the first time in a long time (they are dying in the ratings), to see if they covered my takedown yesterday of Jim Acosta (actually a nice guy). They didn’t! But they did say I already lost in my meeting with Putin. Fake News……

4:24 AM – Jul 14, 2018

He then unveiled his latest nickname, that of CNN president Jeff Zucker, saying “Remember, it was Little Jeff Z and his people, who are told exactly what to say, who said I could not win the election in that “there was no way to 270” (over & over again) in the Electoral College. I got 306! They were sooooo wrong in their election coverage. Still hurting!”

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

….Remember, it was Little Jeff Z and his people, who are told exactly what to say, who said I could not win the election in that “there was no way to 270” (over & over again) in the Electoral College. I got 306! They were sooooo wrong in their election coverage. Still hurting!

4:34 AM – Jul 14, 2018

Finally, in his first tweet about about the market in a long time, Trump once again took credit for the Dow hitting 25,000, as well as the current state of the fiscal-stimulus fueled economy, saying “Jobs are at an all time record – and that is before we fix some of the worst trade deals and conditions ever seen by any government. It is all happening!”

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

The Stock Market hit 25,000 yesterday. Jobs are at an all time record – and that is before we fix some of the worst trade deals and conditions ever seen by any government. It is all happening!

2:46 AM – Jul 14, 2018

As discussed previously, Trump’s market assessment remain a concern to some, because the higher the stock market goes, the more likely the president is to equate this with investor perceptions of his trade policy. As a result, it affords Trump leeway to unleash even harsher tariffs on China, something he has kept silent about in the past 4 days, enabling the latest market surge.

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